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Madras High Court

News Reports

Madras High Court grants 30-day parole to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini Sriharan

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

S. Nalini Sriharan is India's longest-serving woman prisoner. She was convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

News Reports

Vedanta claims that Chinese companies funded anti-Sterlite protests in order to capture Indian copper market

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2019

Sterlite had supplied 38% of India's copper demand. After its closure, the demand was met by foreign companies.

Law

Anti-Sterlite protests were orchestrated by vested interests: Vedanta tells Madras HC

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2019

The company has said that the various reports by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in support of the Sterlite Copper Smelter unit cannot be ignored.

Politics

‘EVMS cannot be hacked, they are tamper-proof,’ the unequivocal verdict of various Courts on EVMs

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2019

Despite the Election Commission of India issuing several clarifications and several individuals offering their reassurances about the integrity of EVMs, the 'Compulsive Contrarians' are carrying on with their motivated agenda.

Law

A comprehensive research by the govt on extra marital affairs could happen thanks to Madras HC. Read why

OpIndia Staff - 20 March, 2019

After successfully defining 'Sandals' and 'Chappals', the Indian Judiciary is now on a new hunt to discover what really causes people to indulge in extra-marital affairs.

Crime

Illegal telephone exchange case: Special CBI Court frames charges against Maran brothers and five others

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2019

The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed the plea of former Union telecom minister Dayanadhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and five others against the Madras High Court order setting aside their discharge in the case.

Law

SC refuses to stay the NGT order on Tuticorin Sterlite plant reopening

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2019

Earlier Madras High Court had set aside NGT’s order of reopening the Sterlite Plant.

Law

Madras High Court orders status quo in the Sterlite Copper plant case, rolls back NGT’s order of reopening it

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2018

The Bench passed the order on the petition of MDMK politician and activist Fatima Babu who was protesting the reopening of the plant.

News Reports

Madras HC quashes TN govt order, appoints Pon Manickavel as special officer for idol wing

OpIndia Staff - 30 November, 2018

The state government and Pon Manickavel have been at loggerheads with each other for a while. The government had tried to transfer all cases of the idol wing to the CBI citing the IG’s 'unsatisfactory performance'.

Law